Friday, July 7, 2017

Ready or Not? - An Evaluation of Our Human Ability to Accept Positive Change and Our Destructive Tendency to 'Shoot the Messenger'

Humanity has a long history of defaming
and killing iconic public figures, and then labeling them “heroes”
years later. In their own time, people such as Jesus, Gandhi,
Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X and many others were called
“criminals,” “witches,” “frauds,” “sell-outs,”
“demons” and “thieves” simply for breaking the status quo and
showing society a larger perspective of human potential.

In observing this, it seems that
humanity is able to appreciate change of ideology, but only decades
or centuries after that change is introduced. In the beginning,
those promoting positive change are labeled “evil” by a good
portion of society.

On the flip side, many of these public
figures of the past were worshiped as “larger than life” and put
on pedestals as though their level of development, knowledge, and
wisdom were impossible for anyone else to achieve. These figures
were made into cult icons and religious symbols by those who did not
understand their true message.

It does not seem practical to pursue
either path of extremity, but rather to listen and give responsible
thought to the positive message being sent, whoever the speaker might
be. Then a person could take what was valuable to them, and learn
and grow as they chose.

Had the audiences of the past exercised
self-control, they may have avoided the gossip being spread about
these would-be heroes. The people may have even avoided being
manipulated into murderous rage, and may have actually had a chance
to appreciate the messages of love, peace, unity, and equality that
these iconic people were trying to send.

The question is, “Have we—in
present times—learned any better than our ancestors?” Have we
grown to have the skill of observation, the independence of thought,
and the personal responsibility to avoid the temptation to judge and
condemn at the drop of a hat?

There are several reasons a society
might respond to a message of love and unity with hostility, anger,
and accusation. We could look at the personalities of the past like
Jesus, Lincoln, or Martin Luther King Jr. and we could say that it
was the stories they told that angered people. Was it the
allegories, parables, and anecdotes these figures shared that caused
certain people to become violent toward them? Was it the stories
they told that some people just couldn't stand? This would not make
sense.

We hear stories all the time from
friends, coworkers, and sources of entertainment.. We see analogies
of life experiences on a constant basis. Yet none of these
experiences make us want to hang anyone. They are benign in
virtually every way. So what was the difference between listening to
the stories a friend, coworker, or TV show, and the stories of the
social trailblazers of the past that made the people hostile toward
them?

In my observation, it was not the
stories they told. It was the fact that their messages cut to the
heart of societal dis-ease. Each of these individuals was able to
reach the core of human suffering and challenged their audiences to
go within and search themselves to find the solutions. This message
through the centuries has been able to unify thousands and has
catalyzed major social change as well as the spiritual awakening of
countless people, even to this day. However, we need to remind
ourselves that some individuals do not want to heal.

Some people do not want to get better.
They enjoy the current human state of disease, suffering, and
self-deprecation. The cure is not welcome and anyone who offers or
even refers to that cure becomes a sworn enemy. Most of the time, this adverse reaction is subconscious and completely unbeknownst to those having it. Overall, it is this tendency
to reject personal and societal healing which the establishment takes
advantage of.

This state of dis-ease of various
individuals—along with defaming rumors and accusations—has
historically been used as the medium of opposition against social
trailblazers. In other words, in order to fight against social and
societal healing, the Cabal has consistently employed one weapon.
The weapon is You. The rumor is the primer, self-ignorance is
the powder, and you are the round.

The system will always oppose those who
tell too much of the truth. It will always attack the people who
threaten it most, and those who succeed at reversing the effects of
the Cabal's divide-and-conquer tactics are its primary targets.
Those who succeed at opposing the system will always be called
“evil,” “frauds,” “liars,” “cheats,” and many other
names—both by the system and by those who still depend upon that
system.

The truth-tellers, the social
trailblazers and their companions will always be defamed in some way
by the system and by various people. However, this does not mean
that we have to follow suit.

What's your opinion? Do you believe we
have learned better than our ancestors? Would we actually listen if
another messenger reminded us of love, peace, and unity in our
present times? Would we accept the message, go within, and heal
our personal and societal problems; or would we throw away the
opportunity and the messenger the same way our predecessors did?

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